Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-11
SPLENDID ENTERPRISE.
A Million Dollars to be Expended.
New Seaside ResOrt-New H0-
tells, New DepOts, Etc.

A representative of the HERALD ac.
cepted an invitation yesterday to take
Il drive to the new townsite of Ingle.
wood, situated on the far-famed Cent.
nela ranch, midway between Redondo
Beach and the city The location be-
ing at the junction of two railroads,
one branch going to Ballona Harbor
and the other to the beautiful seaside
resort, Redondo Beach, Will make it
very pleasant and desirable place of
residence, both summer and winter,
as the temperature during the summer
months is rendered delightful by the
genial sea breeze from the coast, and
during the winter months the air is
soft and balmy as May. The Signal
Service records for the period of six
years show the average temperature
for January to have been SO degrees
Fahrenheit, while for August the aver
age was 69.70 degrees.
What adds an additional charm to
the place is the grand avenues of state
ly trees, planted many years ago, by
Sir Robert Burnett, Scotch gentle
man of wealth and taste, who took
great pride in beautifying his grounds.
Some of these trees are a hundred feet
high and from six to eight feet in cir.
cumference. These wide avenues,
aggregating about five miles in extent,
are to be bordered by cement side
walks and tastefully cultivated semi
tropical plants and flowers, thus max
ing the finest drives and promenades
in the world.
In addition to this, the former own
er had the foresight to plant an orange
grove of nearly two hundred acres,
which is now in full bearing, and a
sight well worth a trip to see.
Pure spring water, gushing from in
exhaustible sources near by, will be
piped to the grounds, thus enabling
every resident to beautify his prem
ises by the highest cultivation. A
handsome depot is to be erected at
once, and all that capital and energy
can do, will be brought to bear
upon the rapid development of Ingle
wood, the beautiful. A model hotel is
to be erected at once.
Two trains day now pass Ingle-
wood station, and the surveyors are
locating the branch road running to
REDoNDo BEACH,
Where hotel similar to the Del
Monte is to be erected, and every ex-
penditure made to render it the finest
seaside resort on the coast. Here the
purchase of 400 acres secures the
control of nearly two miles of sea
beach unsurpassed, as regards climate
and scenery, in the world.
Distinguished travellers, whose
means and leisure have enabled them
to visit all the famed seaside resorts
in the world, admit that Redondo
Beach has no superior. Its peculiar
location and formation give it a tenn
parature that must make it famed
both as a summer and winter resort.
The land fronting the beach rises in
graceful terraces or rounded hills, one
above the other. thus affording wide
and ever-changing view OF the ocean
in front and the grand Sierra Madre
range of mountains, Los Angeles and
the intervening plain in the rear.
A typographical survey has been
made preparatory to subdividing the
ground and laying it out like a land
scape garden, where purchasers will
have many advantages over the plan
OF cutting lots in arbitrary plats, re-
gardless of the natural formation OF
the ground.
While no lots OF Redondo Beach
have yet been sold Gas the surveys are
not comple), yet the superior advan-
tages of the place are so apparant that
about $400 900 worth OF lots have been
spoken for by parties who intend to
build elegant cottages.
The expenditure at Inglewood and
Redondo Beach will exceed a million
of dollars, which will result in inn
provements ON grand scale that can
not fail to contribute largely to the
and attractions of Los An
geles.